Window-screen.



H. N. H. LUGRIN.

WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION man MAY 29. 1911.

1378,95'1 Patented Sept. 17,1918.

gm may UNITED snares PATENT orricn.

HORATIO N. H. LUG-RIN',

WIND OW-SCREEN.

Application filed May 29, 1917. Serial No. 173,256.

the accompanying drawing.

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My invention relates to certain improvements in window screens. and hasfor its principal object to "provide a new and improved method ofscreening and curtaining windows, especially windows of bungalows, beachcottages, and other dwellings.

" One of the objects of my invention is to provide a screen t at can bemoved from one room to another to be readily used on other Windows andwhich can be quickly rolled up a sufficient distance to allow of mops,dusters and other articles shaken out of the lower or upper portion ofthe window.

Another object is the providing of a screen of cotton mosquito nettingentirely closing the window and so adapted'as at all times to fit closeto the sides of the window and the top and bottom ofwindow to preventthe entrance'of flies and other insects and bugs.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts which will be fully understood by reference to thedescription of the drawings and to the'claims hereinafter given. V

Of the drawings: Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a windowwithflmy device attached,'b-roken away centrally of itswidth and lengthin order to more clearly illustrate on a larger scale the details of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a'sectional view on the d Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of a modified form of part of the invention. Fi 1 is a sidesectional elevation of the modi ed form shown in Fig. 3 d 1 Similarcharacters designate like parts throughout the several figures ofthedrawin s. .1

lliatitude is allowed herein as to details, as they may be changed orvaried at will withoutdeparting from the spirit of myinven Specificationof Letters Patent.

' desired the screen 15 or WINTI-IROP, MASSACHUSETTS.

Patented se t. 17, 1918.

'tion and the same yet remainintact and be protected.

In the drawings'erepresents the window casing, 6 the window, of whichfurther details is deemed unnecessary. 'The' other characters refer tomy invention, of which 7 represents a fiat oblong board adaptedto extendacross the top of the Window and casing and held in place byanydesirable means, as for example, screw eyes 8 adapted to slip overscrew hooks 9, the former V edge of board and the latter into the casingabove'the window. This board is preferably curved or beveled on itslower front edge and carries on its under side the bearings 11 in .whichis V mounted the roller 12, for the purposes herelnafter stated.

The board 7 carries on the upper part of its front face a pair ofordinary window curtain brackets 13 in which revolves the curtain roller14:; the roller and. its brackets being of the common type used forwindow curtains, the

roller being provided with the spring as is common in such rollers andwith the ordinary type of spring lock in one of the brackets 13. Thisroller 14 carries. a screen 5 of common mosquito netting provided withthe tape edge 16 and reinforced at its lower edge with a wide stripoflinen' or cotton cloth 0r canvas 17 provided across its top with themetal rod 19 and across its lower edge with the ordinary curtain stick18, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.. If may be of copper wire orother material.

If desired, the screen may be provided with the common type of curtaintassel or handle to raise'and lower the screen and I have preferablyshown on the drawings screw eyes 21 screwed into thecurtain "stick18'adapted to fit upon the screw hooks 22 in the lower side of thewindow casing beneath the window 6. As some types of locks in thecurtain roller brackets only allow the curtain to rest at certaindistances I extend the rod 19 and the stick l8 beyond the edges of thetape 16 and provide elastic bands'or springs 20 to engage these extendededges the roller 12Tandits bearings provided an oblong slot 26,

several claims are mtended to be and thus take up any slack in thescreen at the sides, so that these sides are brought tight up againstthe window casing 5.

The board 7 also carries on its front surface-atpointsbeneath thebrackets 13, a pair of similar brackets 23, but these brackets may be ofany other style or type and may have slightly. longer arms, as, shown inFig. 2, so that the window shade 25 carried by the roller 24 mounted inthe brackets 23, when rolled up will not interfere with the rolling upordown of -the screen 15. In Figs. 1 and 2 the window shade 25 is brokenaway across its lower portion. As clearly shown in these :two figures,the screen 15 extends between th'e'bottom of the board 7 and the roller.12., passing, by the beveled or curved edge 10 and therefore thescreenis held its entire length, from the roller 12 down to the hooks 22 tightagainst the window casing, and the window 6 is tightly scr'ee nedli Theshade and the screen can be lquicklyrolled up and the board removed toanother window. '25 i In the modifiedform of the board, shown in ,Figs.3 and 4:, "and which is accheaper formbf board arrangement, 1 have leftofi in the lower'portion of the: board, which is a little wider than thewidth of the screen. This slot 26 extends through the board 7?downwardly from the front to rear,-the edges of the slot beingpreferably beveled or curved to cause less wear on the screen andprevent breakage and therear portion of the board"? be- .neath the slotis cut away as shown in Fig. 2

to allow the board to be 'fiush against the window casing and yet givesufficient-passageway for the screen.

It is to be understood that my invention -.is not limited to thespecific details of construction shown in the accompanying drawings, butthat in the practical carrying out of my invention. Itlis also to beunderstood that the combinations specifically setforth in the separatelyclaimed withoutrlimitgition to the use'in connection therewith of otherfeatures and de tails of construction illustrated.

It isbelieved that the operation and many advantages of theinventionwill be thoroughly .understood from the foregoing descriptions.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction and operation of myinvention, I claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent-- '60,..sisting of aremovable board adapted .to be -hung at the top of awindow casing, aroller screen: mounted-on theboard A device forscreening windows con and meansv for 11, but have .tain stick edge, arod carried said details may be varied '=t,he upper part .of threinforcgmentyand holding the sides .of the screen when un rolled fiatagainst the window casing.

2. A device for screening windows consisting of a removable boardadapted to be suspended from the upper part of-a window casing having arunway and a roller screen mounted on the board and passing rearwardly;through the/tramway against the window casing.

3. A device for screening windows consisting of an oblong removableboard adapted to b'ehung on screw the screen whenunrolled.

t. A screeningdevice consisting of .aportable board normally. suspendedon-hooks in the :upper part of a window, casing .and'in stantlyremovable therefrom, a window hade mounted on its lowenp-ortion, ascreen mounted on a rotatable support-carried by the boardabove-the-shade butwadaptedto pass downward rearward of, the shade, and

means for passing the screen" rearwardly and holding it tight -.against-the; upper portion of the window-casing.

5. A window. screen ,portably mounted on' a board, means for holdingthescreen when in positionona window casing-tight, against the sides of,theecasing, 7 means for holding the screen; tightacross the-top of-thewindow casing and means for, secur-in'g the lower edge of-the screenagainst the lower edge of the-window casing.

6. A window screencons1sting of an oblong board havinga runwayin itslower portion,- a screen mounted: on the board and passing downwardthroughthe runway having einforced ides and. bottom edge, a curcarriedby the reinforced bottom by 'this'bottom edge at tom ofithe board, aroller creenimounted on-a front face ofthe' board and passing downwardbetween thebottom .of the board and the roller and screw eyes forsecuring lowing it together with the roller and zI'OllBI' screen mountedonthe'board :to be} instantly removed 'from the, window-casing;

. .8. Aiwindowscreeningdevice consisting of aportableboardmeans forsecuringsthe board in place above a curtain rollermounted on c-etheupper front theboard' in place-above a 'window and alwindow, a rollermounted on the 'lowersideoftheuboard, a

face :ofcthe' board, ascreenfearried :byethe roller and adapted to passdownward around the lower roller to be held by the roller against thefront upper side of a window casing, a window shade mounted on the boardbeneath the screen curtain roller and forward of the screen, and meanscarried by the screenfor holding it tight in place against the sldes andbottom edge of the In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

HORATIO N. H. LUGRIN. itnesses:

CHARLES F. A. SMITH, FRANCIS E. SMITH. 7

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